Odd Systems of Curing in New York City
An overview of unconventional disease cures practiced in New York City. It covers grape and fruit cures with diet emphasis, milk and two meals per day approaches, and baths from Germany and other regions. Hypnotism, magnetic healing, Christian Science, light therapy, and the National Health League are noted, along with olive oil and deep breathing therapies and the role of physical culture in maintaining health.
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New York City
Europe
South
New
Cially
Christian Science
National Health League
Philadelphia Puyst
New York World
William Street
Exchange Place
Ruins to Be Preserved on Navajo Reservation Finds
United States moves to preserve Navajo canyon ruins in northeastern Arizona. Sites include 75 room communal pueblos and over 200 cliff dwellings, once housing about 15 000 people. Rev. Henry Mason Baum details findings in Records of the Past, noting Del Muerto canyon and a well preserved mummy with feather cloth and bow. A 33 inch, 35 year old male dwarf mummy is reported, prompting discussions of dwarf tribes and ancient civilizations.
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United States
Arizona
America
Henry Mason Baum
del Muerto
Africa
New York Times
Are Small But Strong Insects Outdo Human Muscles
Public Opinion notes insect strength versus body size. It cites Plateau and De Lacy on wing power, compares insect locomotion on solid surfaces, and gives striking analogies such as a fly lifting a match, an earwig dragging a chariot, a flea jumping 200 times its height, and an oyster lifting large locomotives to demonstrate relative strength.
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Felix Plateau
de Lacy
Eiffel Tower
Special Stamp Idea From Post Office Sparks Mourning Debate
The post office weighs requests for a mourning stamp with a black edge and red corner. Universal postal rules prevent a red and black stamp, so officials consider a black 3-cent stamp instead of purple, with an extra cent for mourning envelopes, possible to adopt later.
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Post Ofice Department
Universal Hostal Union
Right and Wrong Times Questioned in Quirky Tale
The piece ponders why people ask for the tight time and the value of knowing wrong times. It cites a Lady Gregory anecdote about a clock over a gate and a doctor who notes it as not right, a line about harsh measures and reform, and hints at a broader satire of time and perception.
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Gregory
West of Ireland
Ballionaire Anglum
Old New England's Newcastle A historic coastal town tale
Special correspondent recalls Newcastle New Hampshire a tiny fortified fishing village with an earthwork fort from 1658 and a lighthouse built under Gov Wentworth. The article traces its colonial role, Longfellow’s Lady Wentworth link, the Walton witchcraft legend, and a landscape of ships, cannons, and stubborn independence.
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Newcastle
N. H
Lttle
Bunker Hill
Fort Constitution
Hancock
Piscatagua
Fort Point
Portsmouth Harbor
John Wentworth
High Lodge
Grilieh
Mahintaeie
Jaffrey House
Walton
Walton House
Simmer
New England
Longfellow
Lady Wentworth
Salem
Marblehead
Cong
Atlantic Liner Turbine Predicted By Trials In English Channel
In the English Channel on June 27 the turbine steamboat Queen made her final trial trip before commission. It averaged over 23 knots andQDwered onto the Dover Calais schedule. Inventor A Parsons believes turbine Atlantic liner speeds will be realized within years. the article also notes innovations in horseshoe design, horse feed devices, and long irrigation tunnel plans in the United States.
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English Channel
Dover
Calais
Paris
A. Parsons
Josiah Serfass
Hazleton
George TH. Nissen
Brooklyn
Gunnison Irrigation Tunnel Project Plans Revealed
A Gunnison Irrigation tunnel is set to begin within a month. The project costs 2,200,000 and will be built in two sections, one two miles long through a cliff spur and the other four miles long through the ridge dividing Gunnison waters.
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Warren W. Lepard
Otsego
Mick
Gunnison
Far reaching Texas Lands project to build river rail link
A planned Texas project near Laredo aims to install electric airmotive lines along twenty two miles of river banks to convey ore and goods. The scheme envisions rapid transit along both sides of the river to support a growing valley area with parcels of land and potential agricultural and industrial development.
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Texas
Het
Laredo
Tet
Auificient Rapielii
Hense
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Old New England
Peo
Crooked Lane
PLC
Provincial Assembly
Puddie Luck
Popular Science
Gunnison Canyon
Montrose
Theoast
Alaska
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